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Yes, that was normal in Italy too during fascism. Protectionism has always been a great popularistic argument and that's why I am surprised to see it on a geeky
by crocowhile 15y ago
Yes, that was normal in Italy too during fascism. Protectionism has always been a great popularistic argument and that's why I am surprised to see it on a geeky product like that. One would think that the user of battery powered cufflinks wouldn't care about that.
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- fossuser 15y agoApple does this on all of their products with "engineered in California"
- nupark2 15y agoI'm not sure why you think geeks unilaterally oppose protectionism (or that we'd even call it protectionism). Seems like a broad, inaccurate generalization. Personally, I like keeping money in the local economy when it makes sense to.
- crocowhile 15y agoBecause hackers are usually curious people, with many interests; chances are they study some economics and found that this kind of 'protectionism' doesn't make much sense. But yes, you're right, it's quite an assumption. On a parallel (OT) note, I have no idea whether there is a political bias amongst geeks. I've read some pool from NSF a few years ago and it was quite impressive how scientists tend to be left wing/liberal, why engineers tend to be right wing/conservative. So politically speaking there's probably two kinds of geeks but how about two kind of hackers?
- nupark2 15y ago> ... this kind of 'protectionism' doesn't make much sense. This is obviously open to some debate; your condescending declarations of certainty are grating and rude.